M4.4 earthquake 227 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 227 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines on Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 3:58 PM GMT+8 (07:58 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 200 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-09-16 07:58:02 UTC
- Depth
- 69.5 km (43.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 3.430° N, 126.054° E
- Region
- Philippines
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.8 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.8237 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 380 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.5220 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 360 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.4211 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 359 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.1220 km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia · 355 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.2216 km S of Sarangani, Philippines · 348 days ago · 89 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.4172 km SSE of Sarangani, Philippines · 344 days ago · 143 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.3200 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines · 324 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000rfud. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC.